Opinion
July 12, 1996
Appeal from the Wayne County Family Court, Strobridge, J.
Present — Green, J.P., Lawton, Wesley, Doerr and Davis, JJ.
Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: In matters of child custody, "[t]he trial court's determination, based upon a firsthand assessment of the credibility of witnesses and of the character and temperament of the parents, is entitled to great weight on appeal and should not be lightly set aside" ( Lenczycki v. Lenczycki, 152 A.D.2d 621, 623). Family Court determined that, despite the ongoing depression suffered by respondent and the effects of prescribed psychotropic medications on her, the children's interests would be best served by continuing the existing custody arrangement ( see, Lenczycki v Lenczycki, supra; cf., Matter of Kamholtz v. Kovary, 210 A.D.2d 813; Nir v. Nir, 172 A.D.2d 651, lv dismissed 78 N.Y.2d 952; Matter of Huehn v. Huehn, 103 A.D.2d 884). That determination, made after "a careful and studied review of all the relevant factors", is supported by the evidence and will not be disturbed ( Eschbach v. Eschbach, 56 N.Y.2d 167, 174).